CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF AN ACHIEVEMENT TEST IN MATHEMATICS

“Achievement test is a test designed to measure knowledge, understanding and skills in a specified subject or a group of subjects”. It is a test for evaluation of student performance after a period of instructions. A test is done after a period of instructions for evaluation purpose. The present study was conducted to construct and standardize an Achievement test in Mathematics for VIII grade students to measure their achievement. In the present study multiple choice questions (MCQ) type Mathematics Achievement test is constructing according to the blue print. The Construction of test items is an important phase in the development of a test as the reliability; validity of the test depends upon the test items. It is a pre-pilot study. The test consisted of 25 items covering all aspects of text-book of standard VIII prescribed by Maharashtra Board, after doing item analysis, 10 items were retained in the final draft of the test. Reliability was calculated by split half method of reliability and value of coefficient of correlation was found to be 0.99. Validity of the achievement test was established by content validity method. The purpose of an achievement test is to determine student's knowledge in a particular subject area. It helps in evaluating the effectiveness of teaching instructions. It also provides the feedback to the students as well as to the teachers. The achievement test has the focus on the realization of objectives of teaching and learning. Among such steps, achievement test in Mathematics can help the students. Therefore, in this research paper an attempt has been made to construct and standardized an achievement test in Mathematics so that it will be helpful in improving problem solving skills of students.